Die Muminfamilie was a West German television series, produced by Augsburger Puppenkiste

Augsburger Puppenkiste

The Augsburger Puppenkiste is a marionette theater in Augsburg, Germany.It is located at the former Heilig-Geist-Spital in the historic center of Augsburg. Since 1948, the "Augsburger Puppenkiste" had been producing theatrical adaptations of fairy tales and serious pieces...

 and released from 1959 to 1960 that was based on the Moomin

Moomin

The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses...

 books by Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...

. It was filmed in black and white. It was notably the first television series ever to be made based on the books. In all, 12 episodes were made.

Episode list

Season 1 (Die Muminfamilie) - 1959:

1. Der geheimnisvolle Fund
2. Die Verwandlung
3. Der Urwald
4. Der Ausflug
5. Die Gäste
6. Das große Fest

Season 2 (Sturm im Mumintal) - 1960:

1. Sturm im Mumintal (sometimes seen as a different series from this point)
2. Das Theater
3. Emma
4. Der Wald
5. Die Generalprobe
6. Zu Hause

DVD

The series was released as a part of a DVD box set containing many early children's television series in Germany http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G6H5B0/wunschliste

External links

• Augsburger Puppenkiste
• Die Muminfamilie/Sturm im Mumintal @ fernsehserien.de